"Teaching in the trenches" is an expression used to describe the obstacles and battles that teachers encounter in the daily classroom environment. This book has been written by a teacher with thirty years of teaching experience. She shares the hilarious and heartbreaking accounts of her journey as a teacher and the positive effects of discipline and classroom management. The author provides these details in the book: ● the importance of the first two weeks of school; ● disciplining the low-socioeconomic students; ● how to become a no-nonsense teacher; ● believing in your students; ● speaking their language; ● classroom management; ● lesson plans; ● goal setting; ● organizing paperwork; ● your confidence; ● learning to laugh; ● being spontaneous; and much, much more. Visit our website at: www.alphakidsinc.com and email alphakidds@gmail.com.